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Donald Macleod is joined by Professor Michael Kater to explore the life and music of Carl Orff.

They begin by focusing on Orff's early years, as he struggled to establish himself as a composer in a reactionary Munich. His tendencies seemed to be left-leaning, but he generally steered clear of controversy. Though Carl Orff lived through one of the most horrific epochs in mankind's history, he tended to look the other way, seeking inspiration in fairy tales and Greek myths.

Donald Macleod and Michael Kater then discuss the way Orff's life and work were shaped by the beginning of the Third Reich, and the Nazi reaction to his 1937 work Carmina Burana and how Orff later needed to prove to the American authorities that he hadn't collaborated with the Nazi government. Did Orff experience feelings of guilt in later life? They review his final works and his personal correspondence.